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Interfaculty DEPARTMENT OF GEOINFORMATICS

Interfakultärer FACHBEREICH GEOINFORMATIK

UNIGIS International

Educating GI-professionals Worldwide

Dr. Shahnawaz

Director (S & SE Asia)

UNIGIS International



www.unigis.net

http://www.unigis.net/



UNIGIS Quick Facts

Global network, on all the continents

First courses lauched in 1993

Manchester - Amsterdam - Salzburg

Asia - India started in 2005

4000+ alumni worldwide

.….. dedicated to “lifelong learning“!



UNIGIS: www.unigis.net



UNIGIS Website Visitors

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Total since 18 Jan 2008 = 84 870

from 22 Jan to 12 May 2013 = 7 988

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Components of UNIGIS

GIScience Education

QT LM

IF

GI-S

GI-S - GIScience Student

IF - Institutional Framework

LM - Learning Materials and Media

QT - Qualified Teachers



Interdisciplinary

Approach

Modular Structure

Compulsory: Fundamentals &

Essentials

Electives: Specialisation in

Domain Oriented Skills and

Applications



Curriculum

Standardisation

International Standards - Reviews

e.g. NCGIA - Regional - Local

Job-Market Oriented Approach

Biggest market - Industry

Medium market - Organisations

Smallest market - academics



Joint-study Programmes

Mutual recognition of Credits and

Qualifications

Credit Transfer System

e.g. European Credit Transfer System

(ECTS) based on student work load

1 ECTS = 25-30 Hours workload

2 hours a week, 15 weeks a semester



UNIGIS Courses

UNIGIS@Salzburg University, Austria offers 2 fulfledged study programmes:

2 Year - MSc in GIScience and systems

1 Year - Professional Diploma GISystems

programmes are offered in German as well as in Engloish Language medium



MSc. GIScience &

Systems

1 3

4 5

6

2

7

9

8 Collab.

Project

E1

ISS MSc

Thesis E3

E2

weekly workload of 25+ hours.

120 ECTS points, 1 Module = 6 ECTS

10 compulsory modules (1, 2, 3… 9)

4+ elective modules (E1, E2, E3)

Summer Schools (SS)

Master Thesis

Elective modules may be covered

by doing software training,

workshops, summer schools,

practical / collaborative projects etc.



MSc. Curriculum 2009

MODULE TITLE ECTS Type

GIS Introduction 6 BS

Data Modelling and Data Structures 6 BS

Data Sources and Data Acquisition 6 BS

GIS Organisation and Project Management 6 BS

Geo-DBMS 6 BS

Open GIS and Distributed GI Infrastructures 6 BS

Geographical Analysis 6 BS

Spatial Statistics 6 BS

Visualisation and Cartography 6 BS

Learning Practice and Academic Work 12 BS/PU/PF

Elective Subjects 24 BS/PU

Master Thesis 30 PU

Total ECTS 120



Professional Diploma

weekly workload of 25+ hours.

60 ECTS points, 1 Module = 6 ECTS

7 compulsory modules (1, 2, 3… 7)

3+ elective modules (E1, E2, E3)

Summer Schools (SS)

Practical Project

Elective modules may be covered

by doing software training,

workshops, summer schools,

practical / collaborative projects etc.

1 3

5 6

2

4 7

Practi.

Project

E1

WS E3

E2 SS



Uprof. Curriculum 2009

MODULE TITLE ECTS Type

GIS Introduction 6 BS

Data Modelling and Data Structures 6 BS

Data Sources and Data Acquisition 6 BS

Geo-DBMS 6 BS

Geographical Analysis 6 BS

Application development 6 BS

Visualisation and Cartography 6 BS

Elective Subjects 24 BS/PU

Master Thesis 30 PU

Total ECTS 120



Course Delivery System

All the required course materials are integrated in an

eLearning Platform e.g. Blackboard

https://elearn.sbg.ac.at

Course participants get a Username and Password

A full module (6 ECTS) has duration of 6-8 Weeks

A full module consists of about 15 lessons each lesson has 1 core-concept material

1-3 Extra readings

4-6 Self-Assessed EXERCISES (for self-practice)

4-6 Instructor-Assessed ASSIGNMENTS (for

examination and grading)

https://elearn.sbg.ac.at/

https://elearn.sbg.ac.at/



Blended Education

Asynchronous and Synchronous

E-mail



UNIGIS: www.unigis.net



THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION

Dr. Shahnawaz

Director (S & SE Asia), UNIGIS International

Interfaculty Department for Geoinformatics - Z_GIS

University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA

[email protected]

www.unigis.net

www.unigis.net/India

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